measure your length

measure your length

obsolete To lie or fall flat on some surface. He felt, as he measured his length on the hard stone beneath him, as though the gods were laughing at him in his misfortune.
See also: length, measure
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

measure your length

(of a person) fall flat on the ground. dated
See also: length, measure
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See also:
  • sleeve
  • be laughing up (one's) sleeve
  • be laughing up your sleeve
  • laugh away
  • laugh away at
  • bust out laughing
  • rolling on the floor laughing
  • be laughing (one's) head off
  • be laughing your head off
  • laughing in the aisles